Popular and formal Islam, and supralocal relations: the Highlands of Northwestern Tunisia, 1800-1970

Binsbergen, W.M.J. van (1979)

Article in monograph or in proceedings

The present paper explores the interplay between local popular Islam and the repeated introduction of formal Islam in Khrumiria, North-western Tunisia, against the background of its social and political structure and the radical changes the latter underwent in the colonial and post-colonial era. The dynamics underlying the relation between the two versions of Islam in Khrumiria should be interpreted primarily by reference to supra-local political and economic incorporation processes, i.e. to ultimately non-religious factors.

• Tunisia
• Islam
• social change

• All authors: Binsbergen, W.M.J. van
• Date: 1979
• Pages: 1 - 27
• Conference: Religion and Religious Movements in the Mediterranean Area
• Date: 1979-12-18 - 1979-12-20
• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands